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9 September, 2024
LATEST China Science NEWS

Chinese rice tastes better than it did 16 years ago, research team finds

A Chinese research team has evaluated rice grown in the country based on standards relating to appearance, odour, palatability, taste, and texture when cold. Photo: Shutterstock

Cambodia’s China-backed canal on Mekong seen to put ‘fragile ecosystems’ at risk

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Colourful smoke bombs mark the groundbreaking ceremony for the Funan Techo canal in Cambodia’s Kandal province, in August last year. Photo: AFP

Chinese scientists simulate ‘hunting’ Starlink satellites in orbit

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A SpaceX rocket takes Starlink satellites into orbit. Photo: AP

Chinese scientists hope advanced laser will open gateway to new discoveries

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The Advanced Attosecond Laser Infrastructure (AALI) will operate from two sites, in Dongguan in Guangdong and Xian in Shaanxi, and will generate light pulses lasting billionths of a billionth of a second. Photo: Xinhua

Shanghai and Beijing unveil plans to boost brain computer interface industry

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The technology can be used to help treat paralysis and stroke vicims. Photo: Xinhua
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Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket is docked during preparations for lift-off at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, on January 13, 2025. Photo: EPA-EFE
United States

Bezos’ Blue Origin scrubs launch of rocket poised to challenge Musk’s SpaceX

Blue Origin’s first orbital flight of the New Glenn rocket was cancelled due to technical issues, delaying its challenge to SpaceX’s dominance in the launch market.

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Chinese scientists simulate ‘hunting’ Starlink satellites in orbit

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China plans to build ‘Three Gorges dam in space’ to harness solar power

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‘Gift from heaven’: China astronauts develop super niobium alloy for aerospace

An experiment conducted in space has helped Chinese scientists do the impossible – and it could revolutionise aerospace technology.

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China’s Tiangong space station was vital in conducting the experiments that led to the scientific breakthrough. Photo: CMSA
United States

Bezos’s Blue Origin poised for first orbital launch in days

The Amazon founder is hoping his new rocket will ignite a fresh challenge to Musk’s SpaceX dominance.

Science

Moon’s magnetic pull lasted much longer than thought: Chinese study

Lunar rocks collected by China’s Chang’e-5 mission reveal new details that may offer key insights into planetary habitability and evolution.

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China beats Starlink to hi-res space-ground laser transmission at 6G standard

Commercial satellite company sets 100Gbps speed record – 10 times faster than its previous feat less than a year earlier.

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A Chinese company said it has achieved the equivalent of sending 10 full-length films from a satellite to Earth in just one second. Photo: Shutterstock
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China’s Tiangong space station research aims to ‘break technology choke points’

Thousands of experiments to be conducted over the next 10-15 years intended to serve the country’s crewed exploration programme.

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SpaceX

Musk’s Starlink to bring satellite-powered mobile service to Ukraine

Customers of Ukraine’s largest mobile operator will be able to use space-based connectivity when terrestrial network service is unavailable.

Science

China’s final 2024 rocket fails but it’s still a record year for launches

Four-stage Kinetica-1 Y6 suffers ‘attitude instability’ three stages in, with makers CAS Space investigating causes.

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All five previous Kinetica-1 launches have been successful, and delivered 57 satellites into orbit in total. Photo: Xinhua
United States

Nasa’s Parker Solar Probe survives close brush with sun’s scorching surface

Space agency confirmed probe had successfully made closest approach to sun. Craft is expected to circle sun until at least September.

An artist’s impression of Nasa’s Parker Solar Probe. Photo: Nasa /Johns Hopkins APL / AFP / Handout
US-China relations

China warns ‘dangerous’ US actions are raising risk of space arms race

Defence ministry in Beijing issues warning after the US Space Force extended its operations to Japan for the first time this month.

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United States

Nasa probe makes closest ever pass by the Sun on Christmas Eve

This daring mission aims to unlock the Sun’s mysteries, and improve space-weather forecasts.

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Japan

Japan brewery aims to make world’s first space sake, sell it for US$640,000

Asahi Shuzo said the ingredients would be sent to the International Space Station in late 2025.

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Bottles of Japanese sake brands on display at a store in Okaya, Nagano prefecture. Photo: AP
Science

How the launch of China’s GuoWang satellites differs from its US Starlink rival

Details have emerged on the key distinctions between China’s recent internet satellite launch and SpaceX’s constellation.

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The Long March-5B rocket blasts off from the Wenchang Space Launch Site in China’s Hainan province, carrying the first 10 satellites in the GuoWang constellation. Photo: Xinhua/Yang Guanyu
Donald Trump

Meet Jared Isaacman, Trump’s pick for Nasa head and a friend to Elon Musk

Isaacman has led and funded two SpaceX missions to date – now, US president-elect Donald Trump has tapped him to head Nasa as the agency moves towards more commercial operations.

China's space programme

Hong Kong scientists to build robot for China’s Chang’e-8 moon mission

Researchers from HKUST will lead team to develop lunar surface robot that will help pave way for research facility at moon’s south pole.

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China's space programme

Editorial | Science the winner as Chinese astronauts spacewalk to record

Hi-tech advances in spacesuits resulting from previous missions helped make the nine-hour feat possible.

Shenzhou-19 astronaut Song Lingdong during his spacewalk outside China’s orbiting space station, in a screen image captured at Beijing Aerospace Control Centre. Photo: Xinhua
Science

Chinese astronauts complete world record-breaking spacewalk at 9 hours

Shenzhou-19 crew members Cai Xuzhe and Song Lingdong installed space protection devices and conducted maintenance outside Tiangong.

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Chinese culture

Opinion | China’s scientific breakthroughs can lead to linguistic ones too

While English is used in most global scientific exchanges, publishing more papers in Chinese could facilitate linguistic innovation and inclusion.

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Education in Hong Kong

Hong Kong students to learn about Chinese science feats in subject revamp plan

Draft of updated junior secondary subject aims to help students ‘recognise’ country’s contributions to science, space exploration.

The Shenzhou-19 crewed spaceship and a Long March-2F carrier rocket. Students will learn about China’s contributions to space exploration. Photo: Xinhua
Science

Chinese space defence expert Zhang Xiaoxin dies in car crash in Beijing

Zhang, 62, a pioneer in China’s space weather sector, is remembered for his outstanding contribution to monitoring and warning technology.

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Zhang Xiaoxin, who died on Sunday, was a pioneer in China’s space weather sector and left a mark in space, aviation and communications and China’s serviced space missions. Photo: Handout
Tourism

Eclipse-chasing on Easter Island, amid the moai statues

An eclipse-chaser visited Rapa Nui to enjoy a mystical experience: the island’s first ‘ring of fire’ since 1788, viewed from among its mysterious stone heads.

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China launches first satellites for GuoWang project to rival SpaceX’s Starlink

The 13,000-satellite megaconstellation aims to provide global broadband internet coverage.

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Japan

Japan’s Space One delays Kairos rocket launch again: media

Strong winds have delayed the launch by another 24 hours.

Space One, which aims to become the first Japanese firm to put a satellite into orbit, said it had postponed the launch of the rocket due to strong winds. Photo: Kyodo
United States

Elon Musk wants to turn SpaceX Starbase into a new Texas city

Boca Chica site is the primary location where SpaceX builds and launches its huge Starship rocket system.

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The launchpad at Starbase, in Boca Chica, Texas. File photo: Maxar Technologies via AFP
Malaysia

‘Unbelievable’: Malaysia’s space defence plan sparks outrage in flood aftermath

The system would eventually also incorporate rocket and missile capabilities operated out of space for defence.

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US-China relations

Chinese citizen arrested for flying drone over US Space Force base

Yinpiao Zhou is alleged to have recorded images of the Vandenberg military facility, where missions, including those by SpaceX, are launched.

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